Meaning of the nameAyla
- Female
- Ay-la
Ayla is a spelling of the name Aila.
Meaning
The meaning of Ayla is not known for certain. No reliable source documents it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.
- People (2022)
- 65,440
- Rank in Brazil
- #467
- Median age
- 2 years
- 2010 Census
- 3,657
- people
Ayla in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Ayla, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in 2020 to 2022 (39,712 people).
65,043 women 397 men
Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.
Where the name Ayla is most common
States with the highest share of people named Ayla in the population, in the 2022 Census.
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 7,639 | 0.017% |
| Bahia | 6,760 | 0.048% |
| Pará | 6,221 | 0.077% |
| Minas Gerais | 5,478 | 0.027% |
| Maranhão | 4,802 | 0.071% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 3,985 | 0.025% |
| Amazonas | 3,437 | 0.087% |
| Pernambuco | 3,344 | 0.037% |
| Ceará | 2,582 | 0.029% |
| Goiás | 2,282 | 0.032% |
| Paraná | 2,033 | 0.018% |
| Piauí | 1,884 | 0.058% |
| Sergipe | 1,711 | 0.077% |
| Alagoas | 1,491 | 0.048% |
| Santa Catarina | 1,427 | 0.019% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 1,384 | 0.013% |
| Espírito Santo | 1,270 | 0.033% |
| Mato Grosso | 1,228 | 0.034% |
| Paraíba | 956 | 0.024% |
| Distrito Federal | 944 | 0.034% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 814 | 0.025% |
| Amapá | 755 | 0.103% |
| Tocantins | 741 | 0.049% |
| Acre | 684 | 0.082% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 608 | 0.022% |
| Rondônia | 570 | 0.036% |
| Roraima | 410 | 0.064% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
The spelling Ayla
This is the most common spelling in the group, with Y in place of the I.
About the name Aila
The origin of the name in Brazil is not known for certain. Behind the Name records Aila as a Finnish form of the Sami name Áile and has three separate entries for Ayla, one Hebrew, one Turkish and Azerbaijani, and one from English literature; it is not known which of them lies behind the Brazilian use. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) lists Ayla, Hayla and Haila as spelling variants of Aila. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 65,440 people named Ayla, with a median age of 2. The three spellings are almost always female, and most of the people were born from 2010 onward.
Other spellings of Aila
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Aila · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling
- Behind the Name: Aila · behindthename.com · origin
- Behind the Name: Ayla · behindthename.com · origin
Questions about the name Ayla
What does the name Ayla mean?
The meaning of Ayla is not known for certain: no reliable source documents it. So we give no meaning; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.
How many people are named Ayla in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 65,440 people with the first name Ayla, which ranks it number 467 among the country's names. The largest group was born in 2020 to 2022.
Is Ayla a boy's or a girl's name?
Ayla is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 65,043 women and 397 men had this name.
In which Brazilian state is Ayla most common?
Proportionally, in Amapá: 0.103% of the state's population is named Ayla (755 people), according to the 2022 Census.
What are the other spellings of Ayla?
Aylla and Aila. IBGE counts each spelling separately.
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